The woman on suspicion of duping pedestrians on the city's streets was arrested by Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police said on Friday arrested a woman who was allegedly duping people walking on the Hong Kong busy's shopping streets.

She approached people and professed to be in urgent need of cash to lend in other to take her child to see a doctor, the police force said.

The Mong Kok criminal investigation unit, acting Chief Inspector Cheng Ho-ching said a probe suggested this 28-year-old suspect was in connection to 14 reports of street deception in Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok, which brought it to a total of about HK$20,000 (US$2,560) in the past month. Those who became victims lost HK$300 and HK$5400 each, he said.

He said further that the woman claimed she had used her mobile phone to make transfers to pay back the money to the victims' accounts and sent them fraudulent electronic transfer records or SMSs similar to bank transfer notifications, deceiving them to believe the payments have been made.

However, the victims later realised that they had been swindled after no records of transfer in their bank accounts she claimed.

The woman was arrested by officers on Thursday afternoon at a Mong Kok flat after gathering evidence.

She was detained on suspicion of obtaining property by deception. The offence is punishable by up to 10 years in jail under the Theft Ordinance.

涉嫌在香港街頭欺騙行人的女子被香港警方逮捕

香港警方周五表示，逮捕了一名涉嫌在香港繁忙的購物街上欺騙行人的女子。

警方稱，她向人們走來，聲稱急需現金借錢給別人，以便帶孩子去看醫生。

旺角刑事調查組署理總督察鄭浩清表示，經調查顯示，這名28歲疑犯與尖沙咀、油麻地及旺角的14宗街頭詐騙舉報有關，警方已接獲調查。過去一個月總計約20,000 港元（2,560 美元） 。 他說，受害者分別損失300港元和5400港元。

他進一步表示，該女子聲稱她曾使用手機轉賬將錢還至受害人賬戶，並向受害人發送欺詐性的電子轉賬記錄或類似銀行轉賬通知的短信，欺騙受害人相信付款已完成。 。

然而，受害人事後發現，自己聲稱的銀行賬戶沒有轉賬記錄，才意識到自己被騙了。

該女子於週四下午在旺角一間單位收集證據後被警方逮捕。

她因涉嫌詐騙財物被拘留。 根據《盜竊罪條例》，該罪行可被判處最高 10 年監禁。